Online Faculty Position Description

POSITION TITLE: Online Adjunct Instructor

Lawrence Technological University seeks academically qualified and experienced online adjunct instructors for teaching opportunities with the LTU Online initiative.

POSITION SUMMARY:

1. Provide Theory and Practice education through learner-centered instruction that will enable graduates to fulfill their career objectives.
2. Instruct and facilitate a meaningful learning experience of the course competencies in the curriculum and proactively support all facets of the LTU online learning environment.
3. Foster and encourage an online culture of learning that values mutual responsibility, life-long learning, diversity, and ethics as well as personal and professional development.

KEY JOB ELEMENTS:

1. Provides competency-based education
2. Delivers online class instruction of the LTU Online approved online course
3. Enables student exit competencies
4. Delivers learner-centered instruction through distance delivery mechanisms
5. Encourages student success
6. Manages the online class environment
7. Contributes to a culture of learning
8. Relates industry experience to learning

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

1. A minimum Masters Degree (preferably a Ph.D. or equivalent degree) in the area of the teaching discipline is required of all LTU Online teaching faculty.
2. Successful teaching experience of at least 24 recent graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline from a regionally accredited institution, supported by prior teaching evaluations.  At least 9 of these semester hours must have been taught in hybrid or online environments.
3. Credentials and workplace experience directly related to the LTU Online course(s) of interest.
4. Successful completion of the LTU Online Facilitator Training course.
5. Letters of recommendation from a faculty colleague and from an experienced online educator.
6. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
7. Excellent critical thinking and decision-making skills.
8. Willingness to work in an accelerated learning format and to work online with students on a daily basis.
9. Access to personal computer, broadband Internet services, and other requirements set forth on the http://www.ltu.edu/ltuonline web site.

16-May-2006